Feel Good Friday

 My blog posts are getting progessively longer and longer on indieBerries - which kind of makes it difficult to keep up with myself. So, to change it up a little here's a short one:

Sometimes I actually crack myself up to the point of no return.

And here is a list of epic links to make your Friday Feelgood - 

8 questions powerful people ask themselves every day.
An incredible Thai Advert - this will make you want to hug everyone you see.
I've just signed up for this free 33 day online Meditation Course
I love this adaptation of the six degrees of separation to the literary world.
What person are you really - Buzzfeed quiz. (I am the Lawful Good)
15 famous landmarks zoomed out - super cool.
I love this post about your house being your space to learn.
Six lessons for marriage from Rock 'n Roll Bride
22 derpy animals - hilar.
Watch this video on Tails of a mermaid immediately. It will make you want to pack up your things and go traveling this very second.

Have a fab Friday everyone! x

Rock, Scissors, PAPER

Our lovely friend Laura has gone back to America. 

SOB.

Laura is a paper-hoarder connoisseur and she decided to give away some of her lovely American scrap-book papers before she left to go home. Dom, kristi and che gathered for the ceremony.

some of the spread. (actually it took a long time to decide how to lay them out on the floor. Should we put the similar patterns together?! or the same shades?! or the stripes together?! But they are so different!! But these ones have like textures!! what shall we do about those?!!)

it was stressful from the start.

(no. they didn't like that idea)

Laura didn't know the right answer. Then Kristi had an idea:

In Korea. EVERYTHING is solved with Rock, Scissor Paper.

(except here is it called Kai, Bai, Boh)

two fighting kids in the classroom? 

KAI BAI BOH!!

Who gets the last piece of kimchi?

KAI BAI BOH!!

International public relations with North Korea?

KAI BAI BOH!!

Ok so we were Kai Bai- Bohing for the paper.

Rock Scissor Paper for the Paper.

(smart)

yes. it's three way. only in korea.

ROCK* SCISSOR* PAPER!!!

K.O. Kristi.

so, kristi got kicked out. and now:

CHE VS DOM

(it was all kristi who put that idea of paper into our heads)

Anyway, we played again until Che won.

Then we chose our papers.

Then Laura upped the game and brought out the DOUBLE SIDED PAPERS.

(LIKE A DOUBLE FREAKING RAINBOW. BUT MORE PAPERY)

For the choosing of these papers we decided to up the Kai-Bai Bohing.

For really tricksy decisions in Korea (ie international relations) they have a double Kai Bai Boh.

Each player puts in both hands at the same time and then you yell 

"HANA BBEKKI!"

which means "take one out"

So, the players have a spilt second to check out what is already on the table and then take out a hand to try increase their chances of winning.

It goes without saying that in this version of the game, it is most beneficial to have two DIFFERENT hand symbols.

CHE = FAIL.

it was the pressure.

So. MUCH. PRESSURE.

anyway i got to pick last and on the last round... there was one paper short.

sob.

ha. 

it was a lot of fun and we all got really lovely papers.

(and since my style is more weird unique than the others, they didn't choose the papers that I wanted anyway :) We all win!)

challenge a stranger to KAI BAI BOH

(go with paper)

This made my day...

Q: What is more awesome than having 25 kilograms of raw egg on your head?
A: Having 25 kilograms of raw egg on your head... AND making long distance phone calls.

OH WAIT!

here is the all-in-one-combo deal!!

Presenting Gregory da Silva - The EGG MAN.

This made my day! :)
Thanks to The Mike - who is awesome.

Happy Saturday :)

Need to waste time?

I have just thing... Odosketch.....
you can make the most beautiful sketches - the brushes and colours are so soft and beautiful that anything you make just turns out wonderfully!

Make a lovely sketch.

CLICK HERE.

#WINNING

Should I work for free?

I have received a number of "design-request-favours" in the recent past... which is always a tricky thing for me - since i like "being nice" to people, but if I'm ever considering going back into Design full-time, I think it might be a little difficult to support myself on stale bread and "being-nice".

The lovely Laura sent me this very funny flow chart from the blog of Jessica Hische - awesome designer extraordinaire who is responsible for the Daily Drop Cap project (very cool)...

SHOULD I WORK FOR FREE?

Check out the original flow chart here.

good engrish, very pretty, i like.

Before I came to Korea, I was madly obsessed with obscure and weird english-mash-ups -  You know the kind of random Chinese/english junk you find in those obscure 'South-African-Asian' stores with really fancy names like "Jessica's Fashions" or "HappyBuy" with Asian owners who don't really understand you, but anyway they cram you into a tiny photobooth, with rabbit ears, big sunglasses and furry Russian hats to take pictures that are printed on small stickers that say HAPPY TOGETHER!

... just me then?... oh, ok.

anyway, I digress. Let's keep it simple.

Me  = LOVE RANDOM ASIAN ENGLISH.

as you can imagine, since coming to Korea, for me it is like Asian-English HEAVEN. (insert chiming bells noise now). I absolutely LOVE the konglish that is just ALL over the place here.  

For example, it even occurs in our day-to-day teaching. As it did with Kristi today:

it kills me.

Anyway, these pics are taken from an old facebook album of mine, so I thought I would share:

"a simple gesture a single movement the word, a look. sometimes these disappoint me greatly, but most of the times they are very moving to a realistic dreamer like me i am dreaming of you in my own fantasty. Thank you for dreaming together."

so deep, so moving, so simply LYRICAL.

it most certainly does.

this doesn't need any explaining.

yes, indeed we are.

i will have you know, there are several of these bars. Ho Bar I, Ho Bar II, Ho Bar III, you get the idea...

"Love is... with palpitation just like the first time with the consistant heart all the time you will be my only love forver... STARM"

LOOK! it's my konglish-name in the middle! and we are tied together with Hearstrings!

this shirt is PERFECT if your name is Shae and you have two sisters tied together with heartstring, one named Sarah and one named Susan! 

and if not,

well,

i guess then that's a bit tricky.

BBQ pork libs omelet is DELICIOUS.

Marital harmony a glutinous rice cake.

i can't explain this.

because... i just. dont. know. how.

i love a good prece.

that's what you always want.

and the final picture, is truly the crowning glory. Found on a small kids t-shirt in a Dongdaemun shopping market. The picture is blurry, which is probably a good thing. (I have a clearer one if you'd really like it) And i'm not even going to caption it, i'm just going to let you all figure it out.

that's all.